LSWR 76 Restaurant Composite (later Breakdown coach) built 1908

LSWR 76 Restaurant Composite (later Breakdown coach) built 1908This page is a part of the Herritage Railways Carriage Survey project and is hosted on the internet by The Vintage Carriages Trust (VCT), a volunteer body, based on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway in the United Kingdom. About the Trust: The Vintage Carriages Trust was formed in the late 1960s by a group of volunteers whose interest was in wooden bodied railway carriages. They could see that there was a need to concentrate on the preservation of these historic items which were in grave danger of disappearing due to the weather and vandalism damage and unsuitability for regular use on preserved railways of the day. The Trust became a Registered Charity in 1981 and a Registered Museum in 1992. The Collection held by the Trust is at present nine historic railway carriages, also three small industrial steam locomotives, and a collection of railway posters and other miscellaneous railway items. The Trust owns the Museum of Rail Travel at Ingrow - the first station from Keighley on the Worth Valley Railway. By three phases of building work over the last ten years this has developed into a large museum display and associated workshop, and is the Trust’s headquarters. Although the building is named a

LSWR 76 Restaurant Composite (later Breakdown coach) built 1908
LSWR 76 Restaurant Composite (later Breakdown coach) built 1908

 

Present Location Pontypool Blaenavon
Designed For LSWR
Build Location Eastleigh
Diagram number 42
Lot number 1601
Type RC
First Number 76
Later Numbers 4138, 7838, USTC 202, ARMY 3019
Present Number Army 3019
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes Clerestory roof removed when to Nondescript Saloon 1931. Ambulance coach 1943: Netley; Longmoor. Breakdown coach 1961 (roller shutter one end); Bicester 1969. P 1977, Mid Hants till ca 1993. Long-term plan to restore to original condition.
External Structural Condition Poor but Substantially Complete
Internal Structural Condition Poor and Incomplete
Underframe Condition Poor but Substantially Complete
External Finish Poor and Incomplete
Internal Finish Derelict/Not Present
Degree of External Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of Internal Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of External Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Very Good
Rarity Few
Historical Importance of some Importance
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 25/07/1999
Surveyor Michael Cope
Photo Date 01/06/2004
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 13/08/2009


 

  





 
 

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